Stovepipe-holder



. No. 622`,|2|. Fammiv Mar. 2s, |899.

- A. A. cooN.

STVEPIPE HOLDER.

(Application filed Jan. 4, 1899.)

No Modal.;

, 11i; el Houma/1301 ALBERT A. COON, OF HUTSONVILLE, ILLINOIS.

STOVEPIPE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,121, dated March 28, 1899.

Application filed January 4, 1899.

Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe-I-Iolders and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in stovepipe holders or fasteners, and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and durable fastening device which will securely hold the pipe-thimble and connecting pipe-section against movement in either direction and which is adapted to be readilyand conveniently applied and removed whenever it is desired to insert or withdraw the pipe.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out iu lthe appended claims. v

The invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawings, in which-h Figure 1 is a sectional view through the wall of a ue or chimney, showing a thimble and pipe secured in place by my improved holder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the thimble and pipe, showing the holder applied thereto.- Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view thereof looking toward the inner side of the collar. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the split clamping ring or band. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the connecting-plate and inner clamping device.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, A represents the outer wall of a chimney or flue which is provided with a pipe-hole b; B, a stovepipesection fitted in said hole; C, a thimble of ordinary construction encircling the inner end of the pipe-section, and D the usual collar which ts about the outer end of the pipe and conceals the hole.

` A clamping band or ringE encompasses the pipe on the inner side of the collar. This band is made of stiff spring-wire and is split Serial No. 701,137. (No model.)

at one point, so that it may be contracted and drawn tightly about the pipe and allowed to expand by its own resiliency to loosely engage the same. The ends of the band are bent outwardly to form arms f, which diverge or gradually recede from each other, so that their outer ends are spaced farther apart than their inner ends, and mounted to slide on these arms is a link g. Then this link is adjusted to engage the outer ends of the arms, the latter will be drawn together and the band contracted to tightly grip the pipe; but when the link is moved inwardly to engage the iuvner ends of the arms the outer ends of said arms will spring open and the band will eX- pand, so as to loosely t about the pipe. Arranged between the pipe and thimble and extending parallel therewith from the band to a point just beyond the inner end of the pipe is a plate H, which is provided at its inner end with a bolt-hole and hasits outer end bent to form a right-angular stop arm or projection t', adapted to bear against the outer face of the wall of the flue or chimney and prevent the pipe and thimble from moving inwardly, said arm or projection being provided with a groove j to receive and retain the band in position. The parts are held from outward movement by an adjustable clamping device consisting of a piece of wire doubled or bent upon itself to form a substantially U- shaped body portion K, which is adjustably secured by means of a nut and washer to a bolt Z, projecting between the arms thereof and passed through the bolt-hole in the inner end of the plate I-I, which thereby connects said clamping device and baud. This body portion is clamped at its closed end against the inner surface of the pipe and eX- tends to the outer end of the thimble, and the free unconnected ends 'of the arms thereof are thence bent at right angles to provide clamping-prongsm, which bear against the inner face of the wall of the flue and firmly hold the pipe and thimble against outward displacement. By loosening up the nut the clamping devicemay be adjusted to adapt the holder for application to thimbles of different lengths. A slotted plate of substantially the construction described may, if desired, be employed in place of the wireclamp.

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In securing the thimble and pipe-section in place the connectingplate, with the clamping device attached thereto, is iirst inserted into the thimble and the prongs of the latter turned douf'nwardly and brought to bear against the inner lface of the Hue-Wall at the bottom of the pipe-hole. The clamping ring or band is then engaged with the outer end of the connecting-plate, the inner end of the pipe inserted through the band and pipe until it bears against the bolt, the hand tightened to hold the pipe in place, and the collar finally applied in the usual manner. W'hen this is done, the collar Will conceal the pipehole and all of the band except the diverging arms at the split end thereof and the link applied thereto. Then it is desired to remove the pipe, it is simply necessary to slide hack the collar and loosen up the band in the manner heretofore described, when the pipe and holder may both be easily and conveniently withdrawn. It .vill thus be seen that the invention provides an extremely simple and cheap device which will electnally hold the thimble and pipe-section against movement in either direction.

It will of course be understood that changes in the orm, proportion, and minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. A stovepipe-holder, comprising a pair of clamps connected to each other and adapted to bear upon the inner and outer faces of the Wall of a flue, a split resilient clamping-ring adapted to encompass the pipe and engage the outer clamp, the ends of said ring being extended and bent laterally to form diverging arms, and a link engaging said arms for contracting and expanding the ring.

2. In a stovepipe-holder, the combination, with a thimble and pipe, of a split resilient clamping-ring encompassing the pipe and having its ends bent laterally to form diverging arms, a link slidably mounted on said arms, a plate extending longitudinally between the pipe and thimble and provided at its outer end with a clamping projection engaging the ring and adapted to bear against the outer face of a flue-Wall, and a clamping device adjustably connected to the inner end 0f the plate and provided with right-angular clamping members adapted to bear against the inner face of the flue-wall.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT A. oooN. p.. al

Witnesses:

J. M. ADAMS, JOHN CoLLIFLoivnn. 

